There are better dumb sci-fi movies out there

Rating: 2/10 (24 June 2016)

I didn't dislike Pacific Rim because it was stupid. I like a lot of stupid movies, like Independence Day for instance. I disliked Pacific Rim because it didn't have any discipline. I could imagine everyone who worked on the film saying, "You didn't come here for memorable characters or a good plot. You just came here to see giant robots fight giant monsters." It's true that the robots and monsters are what I watched the movie for (and the special effects are good, which is why I'm giving the movie 2 stars instead of 1) but I also expected an adequate story to prop up the special effects. Independence Day might be a dumb action movie but I enjoyed it because it explained the villains' motivations decently and there were some memorable performances from Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman. The characters in Pacific Rim are incredibly bland and some of the plot points are just a bit too stupid (like the giant wall and the robot sword that the characters apparently forget about for most of the movie). I was hoping to enjoy Pacific Rim, because I thought the concept was interesting but it could have been better written. Apparently it's getting a sequel, despite only barely making twice its budget. (Movies have to make a substantial amount more than twice their productions budgets because the studios have to share the total revenue with theaters, isn't that right?) Maybe that will be better.